Flooding in Shrewsbury

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Although the current under-water situation isn't ideal for most of the country, Shrewsbury has been comparatively lucky in terms of flooding. Here's a comparison between the situation now and past years; you'll see that (as it stands) this is nothing new. 

The Abbey in 1960

Taken from BBC

Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury 2000

Taken from BBC

Mardol, Shrewsbury in 2008 

Picture our own

Smithfield Road, 2014

Taken from ITV

Christmas Tree Recycling

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Shropshire Council and their waste contractor Veolia are launching a Christmas tree ‘amnesty’ this new year, to make sure trees don’t go to waste.

This means that for the first few weeks of January 2014 you can recycle real Christmas trees simply by putting them out for collection along with your garden waste.

All real Christmas trees collected will be ‘recycled’ (actually they get sent for composting) and turned into valuable soil improver for local farmers and gardeners. 

Top tips 

• Make sure you put the tree out on the correct day for your garden waste collection. Check your collection timetable via shropshire.gov.uk/binday
• Make sure your tree is out on the kerbside by 7am as the collection crews start work early.
• If you can, please try to get the tree into your garden waste bin to make it easier for the collection staff.
• If you cannot fit your tree into the garden waste bin, you may on this occasion leave the tree next to your garden waste bin, but please take care to avoid blocking the pavement or causing a trip hazard.
• To help the collection staff handle them and make sure that they fit into the vehicles, please cut up any extra large trees to a maximum 5 foot (1.5m) lengths.
• Please make sure you remove any tinsel, fairy lights and other decorations first.  These are not compostable.

Flooding Alert

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 To think that we were under a risk of drought at the beginning of the year is now quite unbelievable! The amount of rainfall accumulated over the last week in the UK has caused severe flash flooding in parts, affecting both hundreds of home and business owners with devastating affects, and has even cost lives. 

 Every morning I tune into the news to find yet more footage of the floods, but today the Environment Agency report that the weather conditions are steadily approving. Below I have collected some news sites that contain relevant information on the floods. 

PHOTO: Shrewsbury Floods 2008 - Courtesy of Zoe Heath

PHOTO: Shrewsbury Floods 2008 - Courtesy of Zoe Heath

Environment Agency - The Flood page on the Environment Agency contains details on flood warnings within the UK, helplines, preparing for flooding and whether your area may be at risk - http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/default.aspx 

BBC News Environment - The BBC news page is constantly being updating with flood information. Here is the most up to date news from 16.30pm 28/11/12 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-20507352

BBC Shropshire - The latest news for those in the local Shropshire area. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/england/shropshire/